Thursday, January 19, 2012

Essay One - Pressence of Fear

I actually found the very last idea, XXVII, to be the most thought provoking because I believe it is something that people struggle to understand in the United States. Berry says "we must begin to teach our children that we cannot spend and consume endlessly." I love this thought and I think that is very true, however, many adults don't understand the concept of saving money. If you want to be financially fit in the long run you have to learn how to manage your money now. It's important to have a "cushion" of money for when those unexpected things come up. Another point that Berry brings up in this section is conserving and not wasting. Again we are so fortunate in the United States to have everything we could ever need right at our finger tips that we sometimes take advantage of it and become wasteful. I know that I sometimes take our freedom and way of life for granted and don't think about the other people in the world who don't have it nearly as easy as we do. These are just a couple different things that we as Americans need to think about and consider making a small changes in order to build a better economy for the future.

5 comments:

  1. I also thought this idea was the most thought provoking. It made me look at how i spend money and I've decided that I need to save more than I have been.

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  2. I also agree, and think at times we really do take advantage of what we have and become wasteful. We don't really understand what it would be like to have nothing and to be thrifty. Saving, and conserving could be the small changes we really do need in out world.

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  3. Hi Jonda i liked what you had to say about taking our freedoms for granted. That is something that i find myself guilty of as well sometimes. We are truely fortunate to be Americans

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  4. I so agree with you when you say we take things for advantage. I actually can say that I have seen third world living and know for sure that we are fortunate here in American.

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  5. I agree. I thinkit is very important to start saving early so when you have to pay for something unexpected you have the money. Many people spend endlessly and dont have the money when they need it!

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